[= Purpuricenus budensis var. bitlisiensis Th. Pic, 1902]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Purpuricenus bitlisiensis, a species endemic to Turkey, has been described from Bitlis envvirons (Turkey) as Purpuricenus budensis var. bitlisiensis by Thérèse Pic (wife of entomologist Maurice Pic) in 1902 [▽].
Body length: 10 - 20 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: May - June Host plant: probably polyphagous in twigs of various deciduous trees and shrubs Distribution: an endemic species to Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected on steppe slope in Karabey village environs (1700 m a.s.l., Buğlan Geçidi, 40 km NNW Muş, Eastern Turkey) on June 25, 2008.Collected by M.Boukal
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Pic Th.:
Deux nouvelles variétés de « Purpuricenus » Fisch..
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 18 (209): 27, 1902.Sabbadini A. and Pesarini C.:
Note su Purpuricenus budensis (Goeze) e specie affini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 124 (1): 55-64, 1992. [download]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Trachyderini Dupont, 1836 |
| Genus | Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Purpuricenus bitlisiensis Th. Pic, 1902 |